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The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19
Death to MiIdew.

Early in July we treated vine on
which mildew had commenced to work,
both on leaves and fruit, with sulphide
OF potash, with the result that the fun
gus was Immediately destroyed, and to
this time it has not again appeared.
The vine was syringed with solution
OF the sulphide. one ounce to four gal
Ions OF water The mildewed places
appear on the fruit as blackish and
wcll-defined spots. The fruit has gone
on and developed. apparently without
check. HIRE, then, is an agent that
can be employed to check and DESTROY
one OF the worst foes vine-growers
have had to combat. As we
have at different times stated.
the value of sulphide of potash for the
destruction Of mildew on vegetation,
giving also cases in proof of its ef-
fects. we hope that some of our read
ers may have tried it on mildewed
vines the past season, and if so, that
they will give us their experience with
it. The editor of the Orchard and
Garden in his late issue, makes the
statement that the French sulphate Of
copper and lime remedy, recommend
ed by the Department of Agriculture,
does not prevent mildew, and that it
is developing and spreading on vines
to which it has been applied. Our ad-
vice is to try sulphide of potash.
Klck's MonthLy.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19
undertskers, Nexsp.pera,

There are several newspapers devoted
exclusively to the undertaking trade,
among which are the Stroud, the Tomb,
the Casket, the Craze, and the Stiff. The
Stiff is humorous publication, devoted OK.
clusively to the retailing of small jokes
concerning fatal accidents and mortuary
affairs. The others are pretentious, solemn.
looking journals, profusely illustrated with
the latest patterns in coftins, shrouds and
other pleasantries connected with the
grave. A special department entitled
"Chit-Chat of the Trade" adorns the edi.
torial page Of the Stroud. It is illustrated
with cut of two gentlemen, who look as
though they had just risen from the grave,
and who, seated upon couple Of coffins,
are smoking cigarettes and evidently dis
cussing the benefits of the latest medicine.
In the same paper, one portion of a column
only is devoted to levity. The department
is called "Nut- t-Crackers", and embellished
with cut representing person with
ferocious mustache standing on o coffin,
and breaking nuts with shinbone on the
top of gravestone.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
Saving Seed Corn.

There appears to be quite q differ
eLce in opinion as to the proper time
for selecting seed corn and also the
method of curing the same While
we all wish for perfect ear, yet many
suffer great loss from poor seed caused
from want of care at this season of the
year. One year selected the first
ripe, while yet uncut, traced, and
hung up in the gables of buildings. l
had fair results with this method,
which, at the time, l thought to be the
best.
Since then l had learned better
way, found in allowing the crop to be
cut as soon as glazed and stocked;
when dry seed was selected and cured
in a room we'll ventilated, while being
kept warm by means of fire. A test
in Ohio seed thus treated, being plant
ed on the same day side by side with
seed cured in the old way, resulted in
favor Of the new process. While by
the new process the seed was five
inches high. the former was but three
inches, showing conclusively that there
was virtue in the new process of select
ing and curing seed.
One reason of this improved condi-
ton arises from the fact that while the
flow of sap on its upward course in the
stalk is raw and reaching the top is
there digcsted, on its downward course
ii enters tho ear, giving it the finishing
touch required by nature to form a
perfect seed. BY the aid Of artificial
heat in drying, the germ is strength
ened, causing vigorous growth not
SO liable to rot if followed by cold and
unfavorable weather Immediately after
planting
Admitting this principle to be cor
rect ono could hardly think favor
ably of the old style of topping corn
to ripen the ear, whereby we cut off
all the flow of sap, much to the det-
riment of both seed and stalks. Asto
the time best suited for harvesting
corn to secure the greatest nutritive
ratio. l have tested with my COWS by
feeding the same at various stages of
tho growth. The best returns in but
ter product were secured when the
stalks were cut as the ear was Begin
ming to glaze nicely, time when the
corn should be cut and stocked at
once. This allows the sap to take its
natural course, developing its seed as
intended by the laws of nature. =
Farmers Home Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19
HERE AND THERE.

Men are like bugles; the more
brass they contain the more noise
they make, and the farther you heal
them.
We should give as we receive
cheerfully, quickly and without hesi.
tation. for there is no grace in bene.
fit that sticks to the fingers.
Some raspberries throw up great
many suckers, which should be cut out.
Not over four canes to the hill should
be allowed, so as to afford plenty OF
room.
Two women in Chattanooga,
Tenn, are having a lawsuit over a
tough old gander The gander is
worth about thirty-iive cents, but the
costs already amount to quite large
sum.
BY stirring the soil after every
rain the weeds will be more easily de-
stroyed than at any other time. Never
allow the weeds to go to seed especial
ly in the garden.
Grapes in Georgia, North and
South Carolina and Virginia are al
most failure, as is also the crop in
New Jersey. Shipments north will be
very light.
The Governor of North Carolina
and the Governor of South Carolina
met at the Philadelphia celebration.
The hospital citizens did all in their
power to prevent those discriminating
gentlemen from repeating the historic
remark which one of them once made
to the other. and fatter themselves
that they succeeded.
The Shelby Ry.) Nevs says R. P
Lawson. of that county. was badly
troubled with tobacco worms on his
crop, but recently an immense flock of
blackbirds alighted in the patch and
destroyed every worm that was to be
found.
One of the worst results of the
drouth in Madison County, KY, was
the loss of grass and fencing along the
railroads BY sparks from the locomo-
iives. Bluegrass, although well cured
in drouth, will make good winter pas
ture even when it burns like tinder
1t is claimed by those who have
tried it that cotton-seed and sweet DO.
tatoes mixed are very tattening. As
both are common in the South, let
somebody try them. Mix three parts
OF cooked potatoes and one of meal,
and feed Of mornings two or three
times week.
Chickens want and need salt no,
all the time, but often enough to sup
ply the want The best method of
giving it to them is in their soft food,
say twice week. Put in sufficient
amount to season and no more. L
aids principally is digestion
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19
A GYPSY LULLABY.
The Only Thing Existing Among the Re
manies Sayorinp of petitior

The Only Thing Existing Among the Ro-
manies Savoring of Petition.
could not have been five years of
ago when the first line of Gypsy
poetry / ever heard touched and fired
my childish fancy. In our old FARM
nous there was ''coml any''-a
Thanksgiving night when winter has
suddenly fallen upon the land, bring
ing distress to the dumb brutes of the
place, which all the .men folks"
turned out and rescued, and intensi-
lying the cheer of the good old day
and time within. A Gypsy band,
breaking camp for the South, had been
scattered by the howling storm. A
lass, who had been sent to the VILLAGE
upon some trifling errand, was lost
The tempest had driven her in upon
our Puritanic but hospitable home.
The house was crowded and must
shelter all that night.
So my unsentimental and good
mother fed that Gypsy girl in the
kitchen with the doors locked, and
bundled the two heaviest burdens of
the hour, the Gypsy lass and myself,
off up the back stairs to bed in
the garret by roaring chimney.
The lost heathen. cuddling me in
her arms, sobbed herself to sleep,
moaning over and over some strange
rhymes in an unknown tongue. The
last three words remained with me un-
til, all in n flash, one day, perhaps
twenty years later, l found they were
Romany, and meant Save Allah's
slave! 1t is the only thing existing
among Gypsies in any part of the
world savoring of petition. Tho
translation is.
II In peril Allah, save!--
Save Allah's slavel
In the direst peril save!-
Save Allah's slaveI
philadelphia Times.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19

time when the piney woods grasses are
wiry and dry. The cattle like it, it
gives good milk flow and remains
fresh and green for three months.
Threshing is done at leisure with a
fad. The lack of a hulling mill is a
drawback to its production. If enough
could be raised in one section to war
rant the establishment of mill it
would render rice-growing G more profit
able on this account and Mr.. Peters is
obliged to use it wholly for stock,
principally horses and chickens. 1t is
most excellent feed for the latter and
horses work on it as they would on
oats and they will eat the straw readi-
ly as we'll as the grain. The yield on
raw sod without manure is about
twenty bushels per acre.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19
Be Merciful to the Beast.

Examine the harness on your work
ing team. and you will discover that
blinds, check-reins and cruppers arc
simply torturing contrivances, serving
no useful purpose. Take them off for
the convenience of yourself and the
comfort of the horses. Keep the stable
we'll ventilated and free from the
strong ammonia, which is injurious
to the eyes. Assist the animals to pro.
tect themselves against flies. feed regu-
larly, hitch in the shade, and remember
that the care which will give comfort
to the lower animals, will make them
doubly profitable to their owners aside
from the humane bearing upon the
subject.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19
White Fowls.

There is q demand for white fowls
for real use. that is, market fowls
something that can be sold by the
pound for table use. 1t is not general
ly believed that white chickens will
ever be immensely popular as purely
fancy fowl, to be used exclusively in
the show room. Their mission is to
fill skillets, frying-pans, pots, etc.
Their meat is tender, the skin is vel
low, and in dressing them for market
the pin-feathers are easily disposed OF.
A cross of White Cochin hens and a
White Leghorn cock will produce one
OF the best fowls ever carried to mar.
ket
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19
Crop Statistics.

The September report of the Depart
ment of Agriculture is out. In it MI.
Dodge, the Statlstician, marks nearly
all crops down several notches from
the July and August reports. Corn is
reduced to 80.5 per cent. of standard
crop. Wheat lowered somewhat from
previous estimates, 80 against S7.s
same time last year. Cotton is reduced
over ten points from excess of rain in
some places and drouth in others.
Tobacco shows a further depression in
the West Condition in Virginia 81,
North Carolina 80, Tennessee 60.
Kentucky So. Ohio SO, Indiana 48,
Illinois So Missouri SO. Potatoes have
declined heavily in condition, and are
put at the general average of 673
against 80. 8 in August 1t is the poor
est prospect for potatoes ever noted at
same date for twenty years.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19
COLONEL YERGER's DREAM.
low tho Tcrrors of Night Were Realized
II. Broad Daylight.

low tho Terrors of Night Were Realized
ii. Broad Daylight.
Some folks who have had dream!
AXE great pleasure in describing
hem, and such one is Colone
Yerger.
The other day the Colonel moved
1own one of the principal streets in
Austin, wearing troubled expression
and new suit of clothes. In his un.
wonted abstraction he very nearly
sollided with Judge Peterby.
"Why SO pensiveP" inquired Judge
Peterby. "and why that haunted
!ookp''
Hello, Peterby!" exclaimed Colonel
Yergrr. Excuse me; l did not see
you. Well. well. don't wonder that
look haunted. l have been hunted
all night"
Hunted, ell? 'Tis better to hunt
!han to be huntel. In what ferocious
manner were you pursued? Snakes.
,avages or wild animalsP Bad dream
II well-devcloped case of night
narcp"
"a dream. At least, It was partly
dream. pnr:ly Il stern reality"
What were the prevailing symp.
toms-the principal features, Yer.
gcr?'
lin the first place, ! imagined my
self at FL Paso. and that mad dog
;ried 10 scrapc my acquaintance and
interview me. Now, 1 dcspisc mad
dogs, and want none of their atten-
lions. and consequently I struck right
out for Galveston Bay, nine hundred
miles distant, southeast. The dog
still pursued me, like the villain in
tho play, and when l reached the
Galf l was not leading by more than
two Or three lengths at tho best; but
in went, and the wide-mouthod case
Of canned hydrophobia plunged right
in after me. And the brute actually
waded, too, waded more than three
miles. Those Galveston people never
wanted deep water worse than I did.
[ don't know how much water the dog
drew, but he got stuck on the bar. all
The same, and struck boldly out with
a full arm. hand-over-hand stroke for
Mexico. Pretty soon playful but
heavy-jawcd shark got after mo, and
was sorry then l had not remained
in company with the mad dog. Finally
gained the land somewhere down on
Campechy banks. and there l found
myself gazing down into the open
countenance of the bigge st a1iiga'or or l
ever saw in my life. You
could throw Saratoga trunk
right down into his hold
and not overload him. The alligator
smiled, and / bowed deferen.ially. /
wanted to keep OIL the right side of
him. That was the outside. But
did wish at that supreme and awful
moment. that had been desiccated by
the shark. But just rs the alligator
had made all his little interior ar.
rangomcnts for my reception l awoke.
Ny mother-in-law was looking down
on me with the calm stony stare of II
basilisk, and was then regretful
had not jumped down the alligator's
|arynx, and gone into winter quarters.
learned. too late. that all the rest of
my torments had been myths. Here
was stern reality. Was it not q hor-
'ible thing to be tortured all night and
hen at broad daylight be turned over
% the cnemy?"-7sras Sittings.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19
Upland Rice.

Upland or white rice is coming rap.
idly forward as u profitable crop for
poor pine land. Mr.. Peters, of Law
tey, La, says The Sugar Boaol, is rails
ing this crop successfully on very thin,
poor land. He sows the seed from
May 10 July, as it requires summer
heat TO germinate, and if sowed ear
lier than May often fails to come up.
Mr. Peters prefers the virgin soil. 1t
is one of the crops that bring good re-
suits on poor pine land the first year.
The land is broken by plow and har-
rowed thoroughly, the seed is then
scattered broadcast, one and a half
bushels per acre, and narrowed in.
He harvests it with common grain
cradle in August and September, bind
ing it in tolerably small sheaves. This
is in order to let it cure quickly, since
the summer is the rainy season here,
and any forage crop needs to be
housed or well stacked at once. After
being cut the rice sprouts from the
roots and affords good pasturage at !.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19
DUElING IN GERMANY,
home Very Queer Ideas Prevailing in
Emperor Williams Army.

Some Very Queer Ideas Prevailing ir
Emperor Williams Army.
1t is against the civil law of Ger.
many to duel. and yet if an officer in
the army refuses to challenge when he
considers himself insulted, or refuses
to accept a challenge which may be
given him. he will be expelled from
the army, and that by express orders
of Kaiser Wilhelm himself. Combat
ing this and other loose moral notions
prevalent among the young men Of
Germany, there exist at all the prom.
lnent universities of Germany chapters
OF Christian fraternity called the
"Wingoif," whose members pledge
themselves, among other things to
reject absolutely both the students
duel (mensur) and the duel Of extra
university life. The writer is a mem.
Der of this fraternity, and can there.
fore vouch for the incident he wishes
to relate, knowing the one party pcr.
sonally. The incident occurred this
spring.
A member of this fraternity had be.
come an officer of the reserve corps.
On the occasion of certain celebro.
llon IN restaurant he was making a
speech, when half-tipsy post-cffice
official. who had been n corps student
(duelcr). publicly insulted him by using
abusive epilhets. Common sense would
seem to dictate that such one should
be hustled out Of the restaurant and
treated with utter contempt. But no;
the officer was privately urged TO send
The fellow challenge to pistol duel.
Upon his replying that such was con.
trary to his principles. he was sum.
moned before q so-called court OF
honor O, practically court-martiaI
His Colonel wrote to the General, saw.
ing that Officer S. was an excellent
officer in every respect but that the
authorities had unfortunately, not
known Of his connection with the Win.
golf fraternity. At the court-martial
it was proved that Officer S. had in no
wise provoked the insult; also, that
when he refused to challenge he was
sober. Had he been in.
toxicated. it would have been an ex.
cuse. And then this honorable court
OF German army officers passed the
verdict that this man, in every respect
acknowledged to be an excellent off.
Ger, on account of the utterance OF
principles incompatible with the posi-
ton OF an officer (refusing to fight
duel with an insulting rascaD, should
be ignominiously expelled from the
army. BY special Cabinet order cf the |
emperor. this verdict was commuted
% that of simple dismissal. This in
he nineteenth century. and in a nom.
nally Christian and civilized land!
Dueling is by no manner of means
xtinct in Germany, although fatal
ases are OF comparatively rare occur
ence. The students mensur, when
he students amuse themselves by
Iashing each others faces and clip
ing off ears and noses. takes place
vice week. but are rarely fatal.
lowever. on an average. two or three.
even four, students lose their lives
dneis every semester. -~Pam de
eausin'ss. is n !. Nation,
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19
The Ravishing Snow Flowers.

A Florida correspondent sends us
the following paragraph, and asks is
there ANY foundation for it? says
Gardeners Monthly: "The great bota-
nists, Anthoskoff, found in Siberia, in
1870, the ravishing snow flower the
seeds of which he took to ST. Peters,
burg, and which lowered in the pres
ence of the Imperial family. This
beautiful and impressive member of
the floral kingdom is perfectly white,
leaves, stock and flower. and itsprings
up to the height of three feet in three
days! The plant possesses only three
snow-white leaves and it's flowers;
buds. blossoms and fades in
twenty-four hours II is in the shape
of star, about four inches in diane
ter, and possesses petals of great
length. 1t cxhales slight and
delicate odor, but If touched by
warm hand both it and the leaves and
the stock on which they rest, dissolve
instantly into substance that.seems
almost pure snow. It would appear,
indeed, that it was kind of snow
fungus, but it produces seeds which
can be transplanted." The editor of
the Monthly says: In the first place
there is no "great botanist." Anthos-
koff. Anthos is Greek for ''howel''-
and the whole thing is evidently made
up by some clever newspaper reporter.
1t sprung up, we fancy, in less than
three days-probably three minutes
were sufficient to bring into full ma
turity from the seed, as 1t fell on
c 'rebral snow cap, where it was first
found.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19
The Watermelon Crop.

1t has been q big year for WATER
melons, the biggest the South has ever
known. In Georgia, Florida Ala
bama and Texas, wherever the water
melon is grown. it has returned good
profit for some years past and the fact
melted the farmers everywhere to try
an increased acreage this season. 1t
proved an auspicious one, and the re-
suit has been the biggest melon crop
the South has ever known. The capacity
OF the country for consuming melons
is great and growing. N o. Times
Democrat.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19
AAHfiA' I
MI AIL.S
YOU?

DO you feel dun. languid, low-spirited, life
less, and indescribably miserable, both physi-
cally and mentally; experience sense Of
fullness or bloating after eating, or Of gone
ing, tongue coated, bitter or bad taste In
mouth, irregular appetite, dizziness, frequent
headaches, blurred eyesight, floating specks -
before tho eyes, nervous prostration or ex-
i,austion, irritability Of temper, hot flushes,
alternating with chilly sensations, sharp,
teet, drowsiness after meals, wakefulness, or
disturbed and unrefreshing sleep, constant,
adescribable feeling Of dread, or Of impend-
ng calamity
IT, t these se. SYMPTOMS, you are suffering from
Bilious Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liver, associated
xith Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. The more
complicated your disease has become, the
.reater the number and diversity Of symp-
IONS. No matter what stage it has reached,
Gr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
sill subdue it, if taken according to direc-
ions for reasonable length of time. II not
cured. complications multiply and Consump-
;1n OF the , Lungs Skin Diseases Heart Disease,
rheumatism, Kidney Disease, or other grave
'r later, induce a fatal termination.
DR.. Piercess Golden Medical Dis.
;Overy acts powerfully upon the Liver, and
through that great blood purifying organ,
cleanses the system OF all blood-taints and inn
purities, from whatever cause arising. It is
,qualy efiicacious in acting upon the Kid
neys, and other excretOry organs. cleansing.
strengthening, and healing their diseases. As
"A appetizing, restorative tonic, it promotes
both flesh and strength. In maiariai districts.
this wonderful medicine has gained great
celebrity in curing Fever and Ague, Chills and
Fever, Dumb Ague, and kindred diseases,
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19
Invisible, but Potent for Evil.

Malaria, like some malignantspirit, hovers
where its existence is not suspected. This
enemy of health sometimes springs into ex-
istence where it has never been before; not
only in periodically pest-ridden localities,
but in places previously healthy. Its rene.
dy and it's preventive is always Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters; also curative for dys-
pepsia, liver complaint and constipation.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19

THOSE who are trying to break up the
baneful habit of intempcrance will expert
ence great benefit from the use of Prickly
Ash Bitters. Liquors derange the system.
Prickly Ash Bitters will remedy the evil re-
suits and restore the brain, stomach and
liver to healthy action, thereby strengthen
ing hewill power, thoroughly cleansing and
taint of disease. It is purely amedicine and
while pleasant to the taste, it can not be
used as beverage by reason of its cathartic
properties.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19

One of the peculiar traits of the
people of Siberia is, that they buy
their milk frozen, and for convenience
it is allowed to freeze about stick
which comes as handle to carry it
bv. The milkman leaves one chunk
or two chunks, as the case may be, at
tho house of his customers.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19

MANY n lady will extol the fair
ness and spread the fame of a business
house during her whole lifetime just
because of some little concession they
made to her, which cost them little,
but hattered her self-esteem. - Carpet
Trade and Reuieu.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19
How Intelligent yyomen Decide.

When the question has to be met as to
what is the best course to adopt to secure a
sure, safe and agreeable remedy for those
organic diseases and weaknesses which af-
fict the female sex, there is but one wise de-
cision, viz: a course of self-treatment with
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It is an
unfailing specific for periodical pains, mis-
placement, internal inflammation, and all
functional disordSs that render the lives of
so many women miserable and joyless. They
who try it, praise it. OF druggists.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1887-10-19
CARTERsy111r Nov & ,sf

CARTERsv1LLE, GA, Nov. 6, 'S6.
IHAvE been handling Smiths Bile Beans
for more than a year, and my trade has been
pleased with them from the start, or first
introduction in this place. Every one speaks
in highest terms of them. I could get num-
Der of testimonials if necessary.
M. F. WORD, Druggist.